Will you miss not seeing the Class 1A Division II state high school basketball championships being hosted at Gross Memorial Coliseum on the campus of Fort Hays State University this year? (FHSU and KSHSAA has decided to relocate this year's tournament to Dodge City since the FHSU women have the possibility of hosting an NCAA Division II regional tourney.)

The company is also studying its needs this year in its salaried workforce, but is not ready to make any announcements yet because that process is just beginning, he said.

Spirit AeroSystems is the biggest employer in Wichita with 10,800 workers. It began hiring more workers last year to meet the rising demand.

"We had that hiring blitz at the end of the year all focused on the hourly workforce," Evans said. "We hosted a job fair that was very successful for us. We had a goal to hire 400 by the end of the year, and we met that goal."